1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index b966b7230f47..5ed8e58d7bfc 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
                 __func__, flags, event_f_flags);
 
         if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-                return -EACCES;
+                return -EPERM;
 
         if (flags & ~FAN_ALL_INIT_FLAGS)
                 return -EINVAL;